Brief History of Dumalag
The first Malay Village in Dumalag, was located on top of a hill along the side of a creek. This creek, located in Barrio Consolacion, bears the name of the town now, evidence that it had some historical connection with the perhaps been the followers of Datu Paiburong who settled along the bank of the Aklan river. Some of these followers penetrated inland to seek for fertile lands suited for agriculture. Datu Paiburong, together with Datus Sumakwel, Puti, Bankaya, and others, were descendants of noble families of Borneo. They arivedin Panay in Barangays and purchased the island from Negrito Chieftain Marikudo, who lived with his family in Sinugbahan, in the southern tip of the island of Panay. The coming of the Malay to this island may be traced as earlier than the 10th century.
The location of the first village was hilly and not suited to lowland farming to which the Malays were adept. Because of this , they transferred. Their village at the base of Panghiraon Mountain where the valley was wide and suited for lowland rice. Besides the transportation was easier as it was along the bank of a Navigable River-Panay.
There were many legendary versions as to how the locality got its name. One was that as the first Spanish arrival set foot on the locality, they saw some carabao watchers (vaquero) playing with the dead leaves of trees near Agbalagon creek. Agbalagon was a creek and it was said that its source was located on the site of the altar of the old church.The Spaniards asked the boys what the name of the palace was. The boys thought they were being asked waht they were playing with, as they answered taht it was "dalag"; "dalag" is the vernacular name for the dead leaves of trees. The Spaniards also thought that were given the name of the locality. And perhaps due to mispronunciation they wrote down in their record taht the sitio is called DUMALAG.
Another version was taht a powerful chief, who was located upon by his followers as the head of the tribe, lived along the bankof the creek mentioned in the old site. Because of some ailments his skin became jaundiced. After his recovery, he was referred to as the person who had turned yellow. In the dailect anything taht has turned yellow is called "nagdalag" or "Dumalag". Because of that , anything that had any reference ofr connection with the chief like the creek, tribesman ofr sitio was referred to as Dumalag. Hence, the name DUMALAG.
About the Municipality of Dumalag
Municipalty of Dumalag is one of the rural areas in the province of Capiz, located in the southern interior portion of the province, it is bounded in the north but the Municipalities of Mambusao, Sigma, and Dao on the norhtwest, by the Municipality of Cuartero; on the southwest by the Municipality of Cuartero; on the east the Southwest by the Municipalityof Duamarao; on the east by the southwest , by the Municipality Bingawan IloIlo and the south by the Municipality of Tapaz, it exact location is at coordintes 1 degree, 18 minutes and 4 seconds in north latitude. Municiapalty of Dumalag is compose of 19 Barangays with a total land area of 10, 979 hectares has.The population rate of the Municipality of Dumalag is 343,920 people in 9 household according to 2010 census. The Municipality of Dumalag has a wonderful gift from God like their Suhot Cave and Spring Resort and their old Church. Municipality of Dumalag also, well, we can say has a fertile land because of their nature perhaps can give you peace and where also you can relax.
